. >> over, this is this big hoop, hula hoop they have underneath the mountain. >> they speed up these tiny particles. >> 99.99999 percent speed of light. >> stephen: okayment and how small are we talking here, like an ant. >> no, really small. >> stephen: half an ant. >> yeah tunier. >> stephen: like a grain of rice. >> smaller, keep going, very, very small. >> stephen: what do we get from knowing this, do i get my swret pack now o or-- teleporetation or light sabres, any of that stuff. >> we get the happy feeling that we understand how the universe works. >> stephen: how much does this cost now? >> the large hedron collider was about $9 billion. >> stephen: about $9 billion so guys like you who can understand this get happy. you know what a prescription of prozac costs, right? you could have done that too. (applause) >> stephen: you know. i can understand this because again i'm intellectually hydro planning on explanations. -- when i try think about the way are you explaining it to me, i'm sure are you bad at explaining things, but could i understand it without the math? >> wave your